Articles Tagged With: environmental
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Step-Wise Interventions for Hospital-Onset Clostridioides difficile
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Lifestyle and Environmental Risk Factors for Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy
In a large Italian database-derived, case-control study of dietary and environmental factors, antecedent infections and diet appeared to influence the onset and course of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. The diagnosis and treatment of this disorder remain a challenge.
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Staphylococcus aureus on the Playground and in the Gym — Is It Inescapable?
Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus, is a frequent surface environmental contaminant on both children’s playgrounds and in adult fitness centers.
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A Nosocomial Outbreak at the NIH Clinical Center From Sphingomonas koreensis, a Rare Human Pathogen
A genomic and epidemiologic investigation of an outbreak at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center determined that S. koreensis was an opportunistic human pathogen that persisted in a reservoir in the hospital plumbing.